I dreamt of one more summer and wake in a sweat with snow in my bed

The things I can't let go of shake out of my head like sand in the tent

Sleeping on the beach in Oregon when the world was so enormous

And we swam in it, it was ours

The calamity wasn't far but we were safe then

I dreamt I was a statue frozen in bronze, outstretching rusted arms

Reaching over towards you: the pace of your heart the nurses and alarms

With my face against the window and that rattle in your lungs

Then the silence, then the cold, then the emptiness unfolds

From where there once was

I dreamt of snow on hot springs, of patterns in trees, of life without debris

That snow is always swirling, and only I can see, unfolding over me

Going back into the forest where our love was so enormous

And we swam in it, it was ours

Dancing underneath infinite stars

You were close to me, never far

You're still here with me, there you are

And we are safe again